Sentences with phrase «same misfolding»
This abnormality can then be propagated from cell to cell because, when the misfolded version touches the normal one, it can trigger the same misfolding, thus causing the newly insoluble prions to clump.
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Scientists now know that scrapie is caused by misfolding proteins in the brain called prions, the same mechanism that causes Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease in humans.
In its «prion state» the protein can entice healthy proteins of the same kind to adopt the misfolded prion form — a kind of protein misfolding chain reaction.